I'm quite interested in the absolute roots of narrative, why we tell stories at all: where the monsters come from.

People do not change, they are merely revealed.

Only bad writers think that their work is really good.

Write whatever way you like. Fiction is made of words on a page; reality is made of something else. It doesn't matter how "real" your story is, or how "made up": what matters is its necessity.

God, I hate my family, these people I never chose to love, but love all the same.

We do not always like the people we love- we do not always have that choice.

I have no place left to live but in my own heart.

The way to write a book is to actually write a book. A pen is useful, typing is also good. Keep putting words on the page.

I’m really lucky with the people around me. They know me, so they don’t confuse the issues really. They know what a book is and they know who I am and they know the difference between the two.

There are men who would do anything, asleep, and I'm not sure what stops them when they wake. I do not know how they draw the line.

Description is hard. Remember that all description is an opinion about the world. Find a place to stand.

Learning is one aspect which never ends for anyone, it just starts with new subject

Peace and wickedness are far asunder.

If it is impossible to judge merit and guilt in the field of natural science, then it is not possible in any field, and historical research becomes an idle, empty activity.

But I have long thought that if you knew a column of advertisements by heart, you could achieve unexpected felicities with them. You can get a happy quotation anywhere if you have the eye.

If we stop to apologize and forgive each other every time we step on each other’s toes, we’ll never have time to be friends.

I love new questions.

Talk about rationality can get very confusing unless the things with which rationality deals are also included.

We've all had that moment where the agent thought he hit hold. You hear it's like Hamburger Hill in the background.

Everybody is not going to be squeaky clean.

No one wants a masterpiece knocking around when your own book is looking for attention.